Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)
Dates
- Existence: 1942 - 2014
Biography
Local historian and author Kay Atwood, who has written extensively about the Southern Oregon region. Atwood’s books include Illahe: The Story of Settlement in the Rogue River Canyon, Mill Creek Journal: Ashland Oregon, 1850-1860, and Chaining Oregon: Surveying the Public Lands of the Pacific Northwest, 1851-1855. Her many other books and articles explore the settlement and development of communities in Southern Oregon, and include National Register nominations, cultural resource inventories, and environmental and organizational histories.
Found in 154 Collections and/or Records:
Illinois Valley General, 1865-1998
These materials of various origin and content are all related generally to the history of the Illinois Valley in Oregon. Included within are newspaper clippings, book exercpts, and Atwood's notes, among other things.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery Master, 1998
This research was used to create a teaching tool for elementary students to learn about historical cemeteries. The document has an overview of history with teaching activities, as well as the proper vocabulary and glossary terms. It also includes student handouts, a list of cemeteries, some pioneers listed, headstone shapes, and much more.
Index to Mining Records
Handwritten notes with page numbers; Alphabetical list of names and page numbers in which they are featured
Ives and Hyde correspondence, bulk: 1977-2003
Ives and Hyde correspondence, 2000-2004
Ives and Hyde Field Notes & Related Research, 1854
Guide to surveying township maps; Blank contract outline for Ives and Hyde survey of Southwest Oregon – 1854; Blank contract outline for Lake and Hyde survey of Southwest Oregon – 1856; Contract outline for Ives and Hyde survey of Southwest Oregon – 1854; Unknown handwritten letter; Contract outlines for Ives and Hyde surveys of Southwest Oregon – 1854; Rogue valley township index maps
Ives and Hyde – Misc. Research Findings, bulk: 1983-2004
Survey contracts for surveying of Oregon territory, dated February 4th, 1983; Email to Kay Atwood from Bob Kingston regarding MSS 914, dated March 17th, 2004 attached are related documents; Record of Cadastral survey contracts; Miscellaneous notes on scratch paper regarding the Hyde family; Notes pertaining to NARA Files and Citations
Ives, Butler – Oregon, bulk: 1851-2003
Ives, Butler – Prog, bulk: 1850-2004
Ives, William – Biography, bulk: 1860-2003
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- Rogue River Valley (Klamath County-Curry County, Or.) 9
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- personal correspondence 7
- West (U.S.) 6
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- Elementary and Secondary Education 2
- Klamath County (Or.) 2
- Northwest, Pacific 2
- Roads--Design and construction 2
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- Floods 1
- Illinois River Valley (Or.) 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Interviews 1
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- Orchards 1
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